Shinobu Nakayama
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Biography: Shinobu Nakayama (Nakayama Shinobu , born January 18, 1973) is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama. Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999), Shinobu Nakayama like her older sister, Miho Nakayama, started out her career as a musician. Unfortunately, Nakayama could never quite attain the same popularity of her older sister as a solo artist, but became successful when she joined a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu Nakayama started a career in acting, again following in the footsteps of her older sister. Her career finally started going after she landed a role in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Chinese Connection. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which lead to playing that same character four years later in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shinobu Nakayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: January 18, 1973
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Gender: Female
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Overview: The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-11
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The New King of Kita
Overview: Hotondo is a capable lawyer who is about to marry his girlfriend Mayumi. However, during a trial, Mayumi is involved in an accident and tragically dies. Hotondo investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death, but falls into a mysterious trap and is sentenced to two years in prison. Two years later, Hotondo is released and discovers that the medical corporation Atsumito-kai is involved in Mayumi's death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
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Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-22
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恋に唄えば♪
Overview: A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-03
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Fist of Legend
Overview: Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-12-22
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Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
Overview: The Dynaman must prevent a powerful new gun invented by a friend of Doctor Yumeno from falling into the hands of the Jashinka.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-12
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Overview: A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-11
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After School Angler Life
Overview: Mezashi, a high school student, has become distrustful of people after being the target of bullying by her classmates. After being transferred to a new school in the Kansai local region due to the parents' convenience, she then learns the basics of fishing when invited to join "The Girls Angler's Club". Little by little, she begins to feel at home in the fun atmosphere and begins to enjoy fishing and friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-29
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Overview: An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Overview: A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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全身刑事
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-02
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The Donor
Overview: Set in a hospital conducting live experiments, this is a science horror story. At a maternity hospital, a series of gruesome incidents occur where the uterus and ovaries are taken from the human body. Nurse Tomoka investigates the mystery surrounding these events...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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Junji Inagawa: True Story
Overview: Junji Inagawa recreated horror experiences from his own life in this horror omnibus. The three-episode structure includes "Come to the Land of Meditation", "Trap of Memory", and "The Unwelcoming".
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-10-21
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Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Overview: The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
Overview: Second "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-25
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Overview: The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-09
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TANNKA
Overview: Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-11
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Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
Overview: The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-22
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Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
Overview: The story of Asaki (Eiji Okuda) and his younger brother Shinji (Sho Aikawa). The elder brother has established himself as an author of sports manga. The younger brother engages in vigorous bare-knuckle brawls with local yakuza and well-known brawlers. The distance between them grows little by little, and the younger brother struggles in the shadow of his elder brother's light. Strong enemies and incidents appear one after another.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-14
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Yonigeya hompo 2
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-05-15
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Honey
Overview: Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His appearance gives off the impression that he is a bad boy, but he is actually considerate to others and good at cooking. After getting to know Taiga, Nao begins to have feelings for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-31
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Matchmaking Cruise
Overview: The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-18
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Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-14
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Doki doki Virgin mô ichido I Love You
Overview: Just when Hideki thinks he will lose his virginity, he gets hit by a car, and dies. God gives him a 2nd chance by placing his mind into the body of Sachiko's best friend, a girl. Can he convince Sachiko of his love?
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-26
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Dr. Hikojiro
Overview: One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Overview: The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress Ayako Fujitani. Also includes behind the scenes footage from special effects director Shinji Higuchi and interviews with suit actors Jun Suzuki and Yumi Kameyama.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-24
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GAMERA 1999
Overview: Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production. Not included in the Arrow Video collection.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-20
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High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-11
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Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-07
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